So far so good is the word from the Board of Elections as the polls get ready to close.

More than a half million voters in the county registered to fill out their ballots Tuesday, and that's a big undertaking to make sure it all runs smoothly.

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The Board of Elections headquarters is like Grand Central Station for the more than 200 polling places.

If there's a machine that goes down, they dispatch help.

If a voter can't find their precinct or aren't registered, it’s handled there.

If you are a service man or woman overseas who sent in an absentee ballot, the Board of Elections headquarters is where it’s counted.

They are expecting about 8,000 absentee ballots to come in.

Jefferson County has the largest contingency of voters, and between 60 and 65 percent are expected to turn out Election Day.

Four years ago, it was 52.5 percent.

According to Board of Elections officials, that 10 percent increase is thought to be due to newly qualified voters, new residents who moved in, and the popularity of this election with one of the biggest political battles in history with Grimes and McConnell.

The increase also makes "Grand Central Station" at the Board of Elections very busy, making sure all machines are working and that all precautions are taken to ensure the results can be counted and complete by 9 p.m.

"Well when you consider that Jefferson County has 548,815 registered voters for this, that's 10 more than in the primary, we are the biggest in the state and we have the most registered voters and when you think about 243 polling places, 643 precincts, that's big!!" said Norie Ghibaudy, with the Board of Elections.

Mr. Ghibaudy says so far there have been no major glitches, or technical difficulties.

Some of the voting machines were reported to be scanning slowly, but while they were repaired, other machines compensated.

Once again, once the polls close, they hope to have all results in by 9 p.m.